Arsenal’s football manager, Arsene Wenger, has been fooled by a viral fake news making the rounds that George Weah has won the Liberia’s presidential election.

Wenger, who coached the 51-year-old footballer-turned-politician at Monaco between 1988 and 1992, congratulated Weah on the club’s website but unfortunately for the 67-year-old French tactician, the results have not been announced.

Wenger said, “I would like to congratulate one of my former players, who became president of Liberia, George Weah.

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“It is not often that you have a former player who becomes a president of a country and so well done Georgie and I would say just for him to keep his enthusiasm and his desire to learn and to win.”

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Weah, a former FIFA World Footballer of the Year, ran for Liberia’s presidency in Tuesday’s election.